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Washington Monthly ranks U of A research No. 1 in Arizona, top 25 among public universities

The U of A ranks No. 1 in Arizona, No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 23 among public universities in The Washington Monthly's Best Colleges for Research ranking.

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Research that shapes the future

From new NASA missions to a record year for invention disclosures, a look at what U of A researchers accomplished together — and what comes next.

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New global hub advances Arizona’s semiconductor industry

The SPARK Center builds on growing Arizona-Taiwan ties, bringing university research and industry together to accelerate semiconductor commercialization and workforce development.

Canopy walkway

A walkway among the world's hottest treetops

Biosphere 2 completed construction of three canopy walkways strung throughout its rain forest biome, giving students and researchers safe access to the upper canopy to study rain forest resilience.

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U of A topped $257M in total funding for active research partnerships that included Native tribes in fiscal year 2025

Sept. 2, 2025

controlled fusion energy

Video: Exploring fusion energy at the University of Arizona

Aug. 28, 2025

$x-ray of broken arm with red circle overlay on the fracture site$

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

Aug. 27, 2025

Image of a fossil Jianfengia specimen showing the animal's elongated body consisting of 27 identical segments with appendages.

An ancient signpost: Minute fossils tell big story about arthropod evolution

Aug. 26, 2025

a person reaches into closely stacked racks holding solar-dried food

Arizona startup tackles food waste with solar drying technology

Aug. 26, 2025

Artist's illustration of protoplanet WISPIT 2b, surrounded by a swirling cloud of gas and dust, with its host star in the distance.

A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness

Aug. 26, 2025

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Building a research database to protect tribal trust

Aug. 25, 2025

A group of four, light brown prairie dogs a grouped together and peering out from a whole in a dirt-strewn field.

What can prairie dogs teach us about wildfire management?

Aug. 25, 2025

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Fall semester launches a new chapter in the University of Arizona's history

Aug. 23, 2025

Jessica Barnes sitting in a chair in her lab, loading a sample into an analyzer instrument

Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years

Aug. 22, 2025

Two vials of liquid medication and a syringe on an empty yellow bag with black text “chemotherapy drug, observe safety precautions”

Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies

Aug. 21, 2025

A doctor applies sensors to the arm of a person sitting on a bed in a sleep lab while another person monitors the sensor output on a small digital device on the wall.

Putting sleep at the center of health care

Aug. 20, 2025

Portrait of Maya Kaelberer whereing a white blazer in an outdoor setting with trees in the background

A ‘gut sense’ connecting the large intestine to the brain could help regulate appetite

Aug. 20, 2025

A person flips through a collection of vinyl records in a record store, using both hands to browse the albums in a crate.

Why do we collect? U of A study shows it's about seeking structure

Aug. 20, 2025

The Mach-X research team posing for a photo in their lab with scientific machinery behind them

College of Engineering team wins $5M to speed defense manufacturing

Aug. 18, 2025

Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, works with laptop in a University of Arizona research laboratory

$3.8M NIH grant will fund research into potential early COPD biomarker

Aug. 14, 2025

hands typing on a keyboard while the computer screen reads "chatAI"

Head-to-head against AI, pharmacy students won

Aug. 13, 2025

Yukon red squirrel

Even antisocial squirrels swap microbes, revealing hidden connections at risk

Aug. 8, 2025

A person holding a detailed model of a molecule represented by spheres connected by curved bars

Rebuilding nature’s blueprint to target cancer

Aug. 7, 2025

Artist's concept of an giant gas planet in the foreground with a star, in this case Alpha Centauri A, in the distance.

Alpha Centauri, sun's closest stellar neighbor, likely harbors giant planet

Aug. 7, 2025

Six white robot arms working on blue circles on a semiconductor manufacturing line

Leveraging research, industry expertise to speed biomedical breakthroughs

Aug. 7, 2025

Valerie Trouet using a specialized tool to take a sample from a tree

Global network taps tree rings to study impact of tropical drought

Aug. 5, 2025

Looking down at the town of Bisbee, Arizona, showing main road, houses, hotel, store, with mountains in background.

Resource-poor neighborhood conditions may increase gestational diabetes risk

Aug. 4, 2025

a black and white image showing wickiups standing in a ponderosa pine forest

Tree ring study reveals Western Apache fire management practices buffered climate effects

Aug. 4, 2025